There are five newspapers published in Marathi from Maharashtra. Along with enriching the language, the vernacular press also caters to the local needs of the people. The newspapers are as follows:
Daily Aikya is a leading Marathi newspaper published from Satara.
Loksatta is a Marathi newspaper from Maharashtra, which has branches in Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Ahmednagar and Delhi.
Owned by the Bennett, Coleman and Co. or the Times Group, Maharashtra Times is a leading Marathi daily.
Saamna is a Marathi newspaper and a mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena.
Sakal is a newspaper in Marathi and it was first circulated in 1932. It is published from Pune, Jalgaon, Satara, Nagpur, Solapur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Kolhapur and Mumbai.